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" The streetcorner man is under continuous assault by his job experiences and job fears. His experiences and fears feed on one another. The kind of job he can get — and frequently only after fighting for it, if then — steadily confirms his fears, depresses... "
Employment and Manpower Problems in the Cities: Implications of the Report ... - Page 92
by United States. Congress. Economic Joint Committee - 1968 - 297 pages
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Background Papers, Volume 10

United States. President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs - Basic income - 1970 - 472 pages
...imcompetence, terrified of responsibility — of being tested still again and found wanting. * * * « * The kind of job he can get — and frequently only...self-worth destroyed and his fears a confirmed reality.* Under such circumstances, a man's attachment to the labor force may be attenuated to the breaking point....
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Tally's Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men

Elliot Liebow - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 228 pages
...streetcorner man is under continuous assault by his job experiences and job fears. His experiences and fears feed on one another. The kind of job he can get — and frequently only after 25. And proceeded to do just that the following year when "trouble" — in this case, a grand jury...
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